Where is the Watermelon Capitol of The World?! – National Watermelon Day

It’s National Watermelon Day!! Woo hoo!!

 

And just a quick look over Instagram will show you all kinds of places celebrating:

 

It’s #NationalWatermelonDay and we had a watermelon eating contest Friday at the pool! Winners all around! ??? #JICH

A photo posted by Jekyll Island Club Hotel (@jekyll_club) on Aug 3, 2016 at 12:07pm PDT

 

It’s #nationalwatermelonday !!! What better way to celebrate than with a crimson sweet #watermelon from @babeandsagefarm ??? #georgiagrown #local #organic #smallfarm #maconfood

A photo posted by @villagemarketplacemacon on Aug 3, 2016 at 10:20am PDT

Happy National Watermelon Day! Let them get messy this summer with some watermelon, they’ll love the break from the rules ?? #ockidsandfamily #nationalwatermelonday #letthemgetmessy #summertimefun #ockids #ocfamily #ocsummer

A photo posted by OC Kids & Family (@ockidsandfamily) on Aug 3, 2016 at 1:04pm PDT

 

We like ours with a sprinkle of salt. #nationalwatermelonday (photo by @thieving_photons)

A photo posted by Garden & Gun (@gardenandgun) on Aug 3, 2016 at 1:04pm PDT

But as most anyone in Georgia can tell you, there’s one town in our state which lays claim to being the Watermelon Capitol of the World. And they actually just celebrated their 67th Watermelon Days Festival last month. From their website:

 

“June, 2016 will mark Cordele’s 67th year celebrating the bountiful summer harvest with the “Watermelon Days Festival”. A month chock full of good, clean, watermelon FUN! Visitors come from near and far to enjoy events such as the 4H Dog Show, Seed Spitting Contest, Watermelon Horseshoe Tournament, Fishing Rodeo, Watermelon Decorating Contest, “Wedding Game”, Watermelon Chunking Contest, Gospel Singing and much, much more. 

 

So now you know that NEXT year you can catch the Watermelon Capitol of the World and their special events in June. But what about right now? What is it about Cordele watermelons that makes them so special?
Well, if you’ve never had one, you need to make your way over to South Georgia. Or sometimes you can get lucky and grab one at a roadside market in other parts of Georgia.

 

As for me I can tell y’all first hand that there is nothing quite as sweet and tasty as a Cordele watermelon.

 

But if you can’t make your way over there, there are plenty of local farmers here in Middle Georgia who can satisfy that watermelon craving. You can stop by the Village Marketplace on Ingleside today for the kind shown in our photograph.

Love to all y’all,

Molly